The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care and rehabilitation for soldiers with minor musculoskeletal injuries -- by the end of the current fiscal year, according to an internal email obtained by Military.com.| Military.com
The testing cycle, which was scheduled to begin Saturday and go through April 15, will be pushed back to March 3 and will continue through May 1, the Air Force said in a statement.| Military.com
The military services are poised to lose thousands of their civilian employees to the Trump administration's push for them to resign and are bracing for effects on pay processing systems, child care and more, personnel officials for each of the services told lawmakers.| Military.com
The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe and counterterrorism.| Military.com
Americans still think highly of veterans, but a majority would recommend against joining the military, particularly in the enlisted ranks.| Military.com
This year's survey found that 51% of respondents said they would encourage friends and family who were considering joining the military to do so.| Military.com
Of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023.| Military.com